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Deskjet 692C flashing resume light

I was given a hp Deskjet 692C printer that won't print. When powered on it goes through the normal start up routine, but when I try to print it feeds the paper and then the resume light starts flashing. The print head remains at the far right. Nothing short of turning it off and on again will clear the error and return the print head. It successfully ejects the paper next time it's turned on, so I know it's not a paper feed, or paper sensor problem. Attempting to print the internal self test results in a flashing resume light before it even attempts to feed any paper.

I've cleaned the optical encoder strip and checked for obvious mechanical problems. It doesn't make any unusual noises. I'd like to rule out anything common and simple before I toss it. Andy Cuffe

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Andy Cuffe
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It is time to toss it. I had a deskjet 3820 that does the same thing. When connected to a computer, the computer monitor displays "Mechanism Error. Please call for service". The printer flashes the resume light. Pushing its resume button does nothing other than make the printer flash an error sequence. The problem is the unit has lost its ability to communicate with the cradle motor and can't move the cradle out of the storage area on the right.

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nvic

I believe I have one or two of those, but I don't use them. During this test, is the printer connected to a computer, or are you trying to run it in a stand-alone mode?

I have a pair of 612C printers that have a weird problem. I found both in the trash. One, I've had for a while, and I have the driver, downloaded from HP, on the computer. I attached the more recent one I found to the computer. It wouldn't work. I attached the original printer to the computer, and it did work. For a while. Then, after working flawlessly for several pages, it stopped working too. I changed cables, to no effect. My guess, and it is only a guess, is the the plug and play printer identifies itself to the computer not only as a 612C printer, but as a 612C printer with a specific serial number. I suspect that, in an effort to thwart pirated software, HP requires that the printer with a unique serial number originally in use with the software is the only one that the driver will recognize. If you use the software with a 612C with a different serial number, it won't work.

Maybe, if you reinstall the software and try printing, this time the printer will work.

I emphasize that this is only a guess, and that I could be all wrong. But in an era when ink tanks report to the computer that is time for a change, whether they still have ink or not, is it really farfetched?

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Beloved Leader

It was the color ink cartridge.

I was ready to throw the printer away, so I decided to try swapping the color ink cartridge. Not wanting to buy an ink cartridge for a malfunctioning printer, I replaced the color cartridge with the photo black cartridge. The photo black cartridge looks the same as the color cartridge, but has black, light cyan and light magenta inks and is keyed to fit into the black ink slot. I just broke off the keying tab so it could be installed in the color cartridge slot. This made the printer happy and it's now printing fine in B/W.

I'd like to thank hp for not mentioning on their web site that a bad ink cartridge can cause this error.

Andy Cuffe

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Andy Cuffe
**I'd like to thank hp for not mentioning on their web site that a bad ink cartridge can cause this error.**

Well, gosh, I'm sure it's for your own good. Maybe I should look into that on my 612C's Thanks for the update.

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Beloved Leader

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